Jorge Mateo singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Wednesday night after blowing two-run leads in the ninth and 11th innings.
After enduring their first shutout of the season the night before, the Orioles hit three home runs and took the final game of a four-game series with the New York Yankees on Thursday.
The promotion of Jackson Holliday, a new role fro Jorge Mateo and the jettisoning of some veterans should lead to big bump on defense and the basepaths We collectively as members of Birdland placed a lot of emphasis this offseason on the upgrades to the pitching (or at times, lack thereof).
Jackson Holliday is among the non-roster players who received an invitation to big league spring training with the Orioles. There was never any doubt the sport’s top prospect would be in MLB camp as he tries to lock down a spot on the Opening Day roster.
It might appear to some that there isn’t going to be much playing time available for shortstop Jorge Mateo in Baltimore this coming season, but I believe he still has significant value to the Orioles in spite of his obvious limitations at the plate.
As this team improves, does the light-hitting shortstop still have a utility role? It was easy to overlook Jorge Mateo in 2023. Gunnar Henderson arrived and, well, kept arriving all season.
The Baltimore Orioles got a historic level of production out of the nine hole Sunday. Shortstop Jorge Mateo went 4-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run in Game 2 of the ALDS against the Texas Rangers, all while batting last in the Orioles' lineup.
At 50-35, the Baltimore Orioles find themselves five games out of first place in the American League East division but leading the wild-card chase. Here are the Orioles who have improved their stock the most and the ones who have seen it drop in 2023.
Coming into the 2023 season, the future of the shortstop position in Baltimore was up for debate. After an incredible April from Jorge Mateo, it looked like there might not be much debate anymore.
Jorge Mateo was once one of the top prospects in baseball. An international signing of the Yankees out of the Dominican Republic in 2012, he showed obvious natural talent with blazing speed that allowed him to be valuable on the basepaths and on defense.
This is a pivotal year for the Orioles. They started the season with a problem that most teams would dream of having: a logjam of established veterans and MLB-ready prospects.
After Jorge Mateo began his career with the Yankees organization in 2012, he eventually got traded to the Baltimore Orioles, and this season he has come out of the gates hot.
Now that all four All-Star shortstops that hit the free agent market this winter — Dansby Swanson, Carlos Correa, Trea Turner and Xander Bogaerts — have all agreed to lucrative contracts with teams, clubs that missed out on the quartet of stars are exploring alternative options to fill the position.
Baltimore's Jorge Mateo doubled off Rasmussen to start the ninth inning, breaking up the perfect game bid.
Jorge Mateo went 5-for-5 with two doubles while Cedric Mullins homered among his three hits as the Baltimore Orioles routed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-3 on Friday in St.
Jorge Mateo homered twice and drove in five runs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers 8-2 on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas. Jordan Lyles tossed 6 1/3 innings, allowing just one run.
Jorge Mateo was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 7-6 victory against the visiting Texas Rangers on Monday afternoon.
Baltimore hadn't won with a walk-off hit by pitch in over 80 years before Monday.
The Orioles placed left-handed pitcher Tanner Scott on the 10-day injured list with a left knee sprain and also placed infielder Jorge Mateo on the 60-day injured list with right lumbar inflammation.
When Jorge López left the Orioles game on August 19 at Tampa Bay after just two innings, manager Brandon Hyde decided to try López in the bullpen. In two appearances since then, López has allowed just one hit in three scoreless innings, striking out six and walking one.
The Orioles are promoting their top draft choice, outfielder Colton Cowser, who was the team’s first-round pick in last month’s draft, from the Florida Complex League to Low-A Delmarva.
A day before he’ll be inducted into the Orioles’ Hall of Fame, longtime shortstop J.J. Hardy spoke about how much fun the 2014 Orioles were. While there’s no one from the team active on the Orioles, 41-year-old Nelson Cruz is still playing for the Tampa Bay Rays.
The COVID-19 pandemic was pretty much the storyline around MLB in 2020 and it’s starting to trend in that direction this year. Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres is the latest to be affected by the still-prominent virus.
Roughly one week after the San Diego Padres completed a trade with the Oakland Athletics to acquire infield prospect Jorge Mateo, the 25-year-old tested positive for the coronavirus.
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